Soft-collar attachment



WITNESSES D. V. ZHUKOFF.

SOFT COLLAR ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 14, 1920.

1,355,798. Patented Oct. 12, 1920.

INVENTOR ATTO R N EY a citizen of Russia, residing at New York,

DMITRY v. ZHUKOFF, on NEW Yorugiw. Y.

SOFT-COLLAR ATTACHMENT.

$pecification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 12, 1920.

Appli cationfiled February 14 1920. Serial No. 358,604.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DMITRY V.'ZHUKQFF,

in the county of New York and State. of New York, have invented a new and-useful Soft-Collar Attachment, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to attachments for soft collars. I

The object isto provide a device for use in connection with the soft collars now in such general use, whereby the same may be supported uponthe neck of the wearer in a distended position, the soft, pliable wings of the collar being held in the desired flat condition and the inner or neck band being supported in up-standing position to hug the neck and give the desired effect of the full height of the collar.

Another object is to provide a light, strong and durable device of this character which will be concealed from view beneath the outer wings or the visible portion of the collar, and which may be readily applied to or removed from its attachment to said wings and to the collar button. A further object is to equip such a-device with means for regulating the height of the collar button engaging portion with relation to the top of the device so as to render the latter useful in connection with collars of different heights and styles.

A full and complete understanding of the invention may be obtained from a consideration of the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification; it being understood that while the drawing shows a practical form of the invention, the latter is not to be confined to strict conformity therewith, but may be changedflnd modified, so long as such changes and modificationsmark no material departure from -attached to a collar button;

wearer.

tion of the same, broken away to show the device in full lines;- Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the device Fig. t is a detail perspective view of the adjustable hanger for connectingthe device to the collar button; g

Fig. 5 is a detail View of a modified form of. connecting means for securing the ends of the outer wings to the device. Referring to the drawing, therejs illustrated a soft collar 1, which by reason of the fact that it is not made with any stiffening material therein and which is laundried in a manner to leave it soft and pliable, is

or less untidy appearance, when applied to the neck of the wearer, and is subjected to the pull or strain of the necktie resultant from the ordinary tying of the same.

' The present invention is designed to overcome this wrinklingand to cause the inner neck band 2 ,of the collar to stand up to its full height around the neck of the wearer, and to cause the outer wings 3 to lie fiat against the same, thus having more or less the appearance of a laundried collar while retaining the ease and comfort of the popular soft collars.

caused to wrinkle or foldand have a more The device is formed of suitable small I gage wire of suflicient stiffness to retain its form after being bent into shape, the wire frame being formed of a single length of wire bent at its middle and extending to the right and left to form similar wing portions to lie beneath the outer wings 8 of the collar, and at the same time curved properly to conform to the curvature of the neck of the The length of wire, as stated, is bent at its middle point, indicated at 4, to provide two substantially parallel spaced arms 5, havin a normal tendency to spread apart at thelr lower ends and alternately bent or corrugated to provide oppositely disposed.-

' for a short distance toform straight engaging portions 9 adapted to fit up between the inner band 2 of the collar and the outer wings 3 thereof and to bear against the junction between the same, as clearly shown in Fig. 2 of the drawing. From this point the wires are bent downwardly and outwardly at an angle, as at 10, and thence directed inwardly at an angle to provide arms 11 extending toward the points of the outer wings 3 of the collar but terminating short thereof, where they are provided with circular bends 12. The terminals of the wires are then bent outwardly in opposite directions and substantially at right angles to the arms 11, and returned upon themselves to provide short loops 13, adapted to surround the outer edges of the collar wings 3, the terminals of the wire being provided with small balls 14 located immediately over the circular bends 12 and adapted to lie in front of the wings and to hold the wings of the collar in connection with the said circular bends 12. The balls 14 may be of gold or other metal and may be ornamented to present an attractive appearance and will serve through the rigid arm 11 to hold the wing of the collar in distended position by reason of its clamping action upon the same. The entire arrangement of connected arms, as shown in Fig. 3, is generally curved to conform to the curvature of the collar 1 when applied to the wearer.

The intermediate, upstanding arms 5, having the oppositely disposed seats 6 formed therein are adapted to carry a hanger 15 I having interlocking engagement with the said seats and adapted to be connected to and supported by the collar button 16, thus serving to hold the entire device in proper position beneath the wings of the collar. This hanger is composed of a short length of wire similar to the frame member, and consists of upper and lower oppositely disposed, spaced loops, 17 and 18 respectively, joined by front, vertical arms 19 arranged parallel to each other and adapted to straddle the shank of the collar button 16. The lower loops 18 are connected together by the upwardly extending, V-shaped cross arm 20 which is adapted to rest upon the shank of the button and support the entire device in proper position to perform its functions, the upper and lower loops 17 and 18 of the hanger being held in any predetermined pair of the seats 6 of the arms 5 by reason of the inherent tendency of the latter to spread apart, as hereinbefore stated.

When it is desired to arrange the device for use upon a higher or a lower collar, wherein the distance between the shank of the collar button and the top of the collar varies, it is only necessary to spring the arms 5 slightly together, prior to applying the device to the collar, when the hanger member may be easily raised or lowered, as

the case may be, to engage the loops 17 and 18 of the latter with different pairs of spaced seats 6 in the arms 5, when, upon releasing the latter, proper engagement will be had and the device may be applied to fit the collar.

In applying the device, after the proper adjustment of the hanger member has been ascertained, it is only necessary to introduce the wing portions of the supporter upwardly between the outer wings of the collar and the neck band thereof until the portions 9 engage the point of juncture between the wings and the band, when the member 20 of the hanger 15 may be sprung over the head of the collar button 16 and caused to rest upon the shank thereof with some tension, due to the elasticity of the several arms comprising the device. The wings 3 of the collar may then be introduced into the loops 13 and held therein by the pressure of the balls 14 and the circular bends 12, the collar wings being thus effectually'held in stretched position through the arms 11, and it will be noted that the portion of the device located between the adjacent edges of the wings and consisting of the arms 5 and the co-acting hanger member, are hidden from view by the scarf or necktie, as illustrated in Fig. 1.

In lieu of the balls 14 which necessitates the exposure of a portion of the wireforming the loops 13, in front of the collar wings, the arms 11 may be equipped with ordinary snap sockets 11 such as are commonly used in securing garments, such sockets being adapted to be concealed beneath the wings of the collar, and a small ornate button 11 having a headed and pointed pin 11 adapted to penetrate the wing or to project through the buttonhole 3, as the case may be, and to be engaged in the said socket 11.

From the foregoing it will be seen that a simple, cheap and effective device has been provided for-holding soft collars in a taut, llat condition while concealed from the View of the observer and that the same may be easily adjusted to fit collars of varying heights, the only parts of the same visible being in the nature of an ornament.

What is claimed is:

1. A device for supporting soft collars comprising a frame adapted to be inserted between the wings and the neck band of the same, said frame having right and left wing portions joined together by an intermediate upstanding portion provided with seats, an adjustable collar-button engaging member engaging said seats and adapted to bear downwardly against the shank of a collar button to hold the wing portions up between the wings and the neck band of the collar, and arms extending downwardly and inwardly from the wing portions and having clamps at their lower ends to engage the lower portions of the collar wings to hold the same taut or distended.

' comprising a frame adapted to be inserted between the wings and the neck band of the same, said frame having right and left wing portions joined together by an intermediate upstanding portion provided with seats, a hanger having interlocking engagement with said seats and slidable along the same,

said hanger having a V-shaped cross arm which is adapted to rest upon the shank of the collar button and-support the device in vertical adjustment, arms extending downwardly and inwardly from the wing portions and having clamps at their lower ends to engage the lower portions of the collar wings to hold the same taut or distended.

3. In a device of the class described, the combination with a frame composed of an intermediate attaching portion adapted to be engaged with a collar button, a pair of upstanding arms, one on each side of said attaching portion, straight portions extending laterally at the upper ends of said arms, reversely bent arms leading downwardly from said portions, and clamps at the lower ends of said reversely bent arms, s'aid clamps being adapted to engage the wings of a collar to hold the same taut or distended.

4. A device of the class described comprising a wire frame adapted to lie beneath the wings of a soft collar and having a pair 'of central, spaced, vertically-disposed wires joined at the top and adapted to straddle the shank of a collar button, said wires being alternately bent to form opposed seats therein, and carrying at their lower ends upwardly extending arms which are then bent outwardly, thence downwardly and then in- 1 wardly to provide stretching arms for the collar wings,'clamps carried by the lower ends of the latter arms for engagement with said wings, and a hanger member compris ingupper and lower loops for engagement with spaced pairs of the said seats and connected by a V-shaped cross arm'adapted to rest upon the shank-of the collar button and support the device in vertical adjustment.

5. In a device of the class described, the combination with a frame composed of an intermediate attaching portion adapted to be engaged with a collar button, a pair of upstanding arms, one on 'each side of said at taching portion, straight portions extending laterally at the upper ends of said arms, reversely bent arms leading downwardly from said portions, and clamps at the lower ends of said reversely bent arms, said clamps being adapted to engage the wings of a collar to hold the same taut or distended, and consisting of a circular bend engaging one face of the collar and a ball cooperating with said bend and engaging the other face of the collar.

In testimony, that I claim'the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixed my signature.

' DMITRY v, ZHUKOFF. 

